[pct-l] Happy Trails

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Not that I do not admire your spirit, but here's a fond wish that you  
get on the trail and forget about all that kind of stuff. Actual  
Reality is so much more satisfying than even the cleverest virtual  
reality app.

Enjoy your respite away from the Matrix.
Diane
On Apr 28, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> Oh, definitely not worried. Just my geeky efficiency side exposing  
> itself. I
> am aware of and occasionally check all those sites except the yahoo  
> group
> which is pretty much the sort of thing I'm referring to. I can see  
> how it
> might get lost in the shuffle.
>
> Though, I think my keenness is more directed towards the idea of  
> combining a
> bulletin board and group-edited map in one. I mean we have the  
> trail laid
> out on google maps at Postholer. We have water updates at Asabat  
> and trail
> updates here and PCTA - all of which could be tagged by GPS  
> coordinates.
> Anybody doing time sensitive activities could post and later delete  
> info
> (such as a trail angel camping out, a cache being refilled, a hiker  
> flash
> mob dance at the top of Mt Whitney...)
>
> I just like the idea of a google map, with the trail laid out, with  
> user
> submitted post-its showing (name, date and time, location, notes).  
> And maybe
> an animation of a pacman character slowly rising out of mexico  
> along the
> trail gobbling up thrus who won't be able to make it to canada in  
> time.
>
> I dunno. Maybe when I have regular computer access again I'll mess  
> around
> with it.